by cameron | Sep 11, 2007 | Australian media, Australian politics, Podcast
My guest today, to talk Australian politics and new media, is Matt Marks. We discuss KEVIN07, what’s wrong with the Liberal Party, and why political parties in this country need to engage with new media.
Matt has recently written a chapter for the Crikey Guide to the 2007 Federal Election on the campaigning process and use of new media in the election campaign. Matt’s chapter is called ‘ My opponent suxs.com’ and explores new media and digital campaigning.
To quote a section: “The 2007 election campaign will see the beginning of this revolution… but any political party, journalist, commentator or activist group that fails to adequately develop a new media strategy is simply going to be left behind.â€
Matt’s background lie in financial and business markets. He is a former staffer to a senior Australian Senator, a past Federal President of the Australian Federal Young Liberal movements, a Merrill Lynch Investment Banker and Wall Street broker.
Matt is currently founder and managing director of political consultancy, Marks Strategies, and is the founder of the Rightthinker blog.
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by cameron | Sep 11, 2007 | Australian media, Australian politics
I mentioned on Twitter this morning that I thought the news today that the Victorian Government is introducing legislation to ban teenagers from getting genital piercings was outrageous and it started a lengthy and amusing conversation. Only some of the responses can be seen here, as not everyone has their Twitter feed on “public” setting. See what you miss out on if you’re not on Twitter?
Back to the genital piercing issue – I’m totally against the Government getting involved in “protecting” us from our own decisions. This should be a matter between children and their parents. I asked the barista at the safe where I was reading the paper this morning what he thought and his reply was “doesn’t the Government have more important issues to deal with?”. I concur.
Stories like this are great for sucking up public debate and distracting people from other, more important issues happening in Victoria at the moment like… like… hmmm…
by cameron | Aug 27, 2007 | Australian politics, Podcast
Richard, Ian and Garth joined me last night to discuss porn filters, Australian values, strip clubs and other rubbish. If you think you can sense heavy editing in this show… you are right. I won’t say why.
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by cameron | Aug 24, 2007 | Australian media, Australian politics
I don’t think much of Jeff McMullen’s style of moderating, but it’s great to see more debate-style shows on Aussie TV. Last night’s episode of “Difference of Opinion” was frustrating but well worth the watch. Last night he had an “expert panel” including Julian Burnside QC to debate the need for our anti-terrorism laws and whether they are being used or abused. The debate was a major clusterfuck. On the left side of the panel they had two guys who might have stepped out of FOX. If they were any further right they would have been goose-stepping. On the right hand side of the panel they have Burnside and another academic, neither of whom were able to get a word in sideways. Some major idiot from Canada kept interrupting them (and the audience, and McMullen, who couldn’t, or wouldn’t, shut him up).
That said, the debate is a necessary one and I applaud the ABC for attempting to have it.
You can download it from the ABC’s site.
by cameron | Aug 21, 2007 | Australian media, Australian politics, Podcast
Jack Marx wrote a popular blog called THE DAILY TRUTH for Fairfax, a large, old and very, very tired Australian media organization. In 2006 he won a very prestigious Australian media award (a Walkley) for one of his posts. However the paper sacked him a couple of days ago (on his birthday no less) for a satirical post he wrote about the Australian Federal Opposition Leader’s visit to a New York strip club. What is perhaps even worse than the sacking, according to News.com.au, the editor-in-chief of Fairfax Digital, Mike Van Niekerk, told a rival paper that “this was just the latest in a long line of indiscretions”. Jack says if this is true, it’s the first he’s heard about it. Should he sue Fairfax for defamation?
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by cameron | Aug 20, 2007 | Australian media, Australian politics
Mike Van Niekerk does it again. Barely a month since James Farmer left Fairyfax as the guy running their blogs,
blogger Jack Marx gets sacked for writing what everyone is thinking about Kevin Rudd. Well I guess we know the lay of the land now people. News Corp is voting Libs and FairyFax are voting ALP. Let the games begin!
This just goes to show what we all know about “old” media – they are “old”. They say “hey! we get new media! we have blogs!” but then they play the same tired old political games they have always played, censoring and editing their content to suit the agenda of their fat, white, rich corporate bosses. Okay – Rupert is hardly fat. But you get my point.
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MEDIA group Fairfax today sacked award-winning blogger Jack Marx after he posted a satirical article imagining what Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd got up to in a New York strip club.
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